BreakPoint Daily Commentary Archives

Love Your AI?: Artificial Intelligence and Moral Agency

The idea of sentient artificial intelligence, complete with a personality, has long been a central theme of science fiction. The Oscar-winning 2013...

Love Your AI?: Artificial Intelligence and Moral Agency

Seeing the Bible Through the Trees: Matthew Sleeth on Reforesting Faith

God is a big fan of metaphors. He built them into His world in all kinds of ways, and then He points to them throughout Scripture, all to help us...

Seeing the Bible Through the Trees: Matthew Sleeth on Reforesting Faith

Mama Maggie - and Christianity - Are Good for the World: 2019 Wilberforce Weekend Livestream

As Christians in an age of skepticism, we often talk about making the case that Christianity is true. But more often than not, the question of our...

Mama Maggie - and Christianity - Are Good for the World: 2019 Wilberforce Weekend Livestream

Defining and Defending Religious Freedom: A Helpful Acronym

We’ve not seen in the United States, at least in recent memory, so many efforts to force Christians to act in ways that violate their consciences....

Defining and Defending Religious Freedom: A Helpful Acronym

‘Born This Way’: The Zombie Arguments that Just Won’t Die

Around the Colson Center we often talk about “zombie arguments,” ideas that—like the undead so popular on television—just keep getting up and...

‘Born This Way’: The Zombie Arguments that Just Won’t Die

Asteroids and the Improbability of Our Existence: What Is Man That Thou Art Mindful of Him?

On April 13, 2029, a 370-meter wide asteroid formally known as 99942 Apophis will pass by Earth at a distance of about 19,000 miles. While 19,000...

Asteroids and the Improbability of Our Existence: What Is Man That Thou Art Mindful of Him?

CNN’s Redemption Project: Grace, Compassion, and Forgiveness

What is Restorative Justice? “Restorative justice seeks to heal the harm caused by crime. Instead of focusing on retribution, it focuses on...

CNN’s Redemption Project: Grace, Compassion, and Forgiveness

Stop the Ill-Named 'Equality Act': Your Religious Freedom at Stake

After passing the House Judiciary Committee, the “Equality Act” will soon be passed by the House and will then be sent to the Senate. This...

Stop the Ill-Named 'Equality Act': Your Religious Freedom at Stake

‘The Noblest and Most Precious Work’: Honoring and Encouraging Motherhood

On Mother’s Day, most of us take intentional time and effort to show our moms how much we love and appreciate them, and how much we’re thankful for...

‘The Noblest and Most Precious Work’: Honoring and Encouraging Motherhood

Trans Children and Parental Rights: How the Government Might Take Your Kids

Imagine if tomorrow, a judge in the most liberal state in the country announced children no longer belong to their parents, they’re no longer under...

Trans Children and Parental Rights: How the Government Might Take Your Kids

Disabilities, Identity, and Healing: Should We Even Want to Be Made Whole?

Nearly twenty years ago, Chuck Colson told BreakPoint listeners the story of Gauvin Hughes McCullough. His parents, Sharon and Candace, in addition...

Disabilities, Identity, and Healing: Should We Even Want to Be Made Whole?

The Manhattan Declaration 10 Years On: Never Render to Caesar What Is God’s

The year 2019 is the ten-year anniversary of a statement that drew the line for Christians on three central issues: life, marriage, and religious...

The Manhattan Declaration 10 Years On: Never Render to Caesar What Is God’s

Eros Isn’t Enough: We Need All Four Loves

In a recent opinion piece at Business Insider, Shana Lebowitz proclaimed, “Divorce isn’t a failure…In fact, it could mean your marriage was a...

Eros Isn’t Enough: We Need All Four Loves

Small Seal, Big Deal: Archaeology Confirms the Bible’s Details

No one names their son Jehoahaz. It’s just too tough to pronounce. On the other hand, most of us know a Josiah or two. Not only is it a much more...

Small Seal, Big Deal: Archaeology Confirms the Bible’s Details

Joaquin Phoenix and ‘The Gospel of Mary’: Gnostic Fiction Coming to a Theater Near You

Remember that 1980’s cough syrup commercial when Chris Robinson said, “I’m not a doctor, but I play one on TV”? I wanted to paraphrase these...

Joaquin Phoenix and ‘The Gospel of Mary’: Gnostic Fiction Coming to a Theater Near You